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EU for Facebook Junkies- The European Parliament

In the first of a series of articles entitled ‘EU for Facebook Junkies’, Martina Brinkmann looks at the institutions of the EU and gives us a simple road map to help us understand what is going on.

The European Union is an amazing politico-economic union of 28 member states but it is also a very complex one at times. And one problem that the EU can have is very bad marketing for its Institutions and their achievements.

But it is getting better and nowadays, while you can find a lot of offical Facebook Pages of the European Union, some of it can be a liitle daunting when you try to read through. So every week, I will present you differnt institution and try to explain the how it works. This week, we will start with the European Parliament.

The European Parliament resides in three venues – Brussels (Belgium),the city of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) and Strasbourg (France). Luxembourg is home to the administrative offices (the General Secretariat). Meetings of the whole Parliament (Plenary Sessions) take place in Strasbourg and in Brussels. Committee meetings are also held in Brussels.

If you want to know, who are the MEP’s, you can visit the official website and have look or click on the left side of the Facebook Page on MEP ‘s

Their Facebook page also has press releases, info sheets, video clips , pictures and under the Parlamentarium section, you will find information about the EU visitors centre in Brussels.

You can even chat with the Social Media Team if you like. There are even funny or amusing posts, so just try it yourself and take a look.

Thank you Jacqueline. We will be publishing a substantial amount of articles on the forthcoming European Parliamentary elections in May so don’t forget to share please and add Europa United to your favourites so not to miss anything.